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SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
to brighten all around her, she is doing the work left her of
the Master, and will hear from His divine lips, the words,
`Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the
joy of thy Lord.' These women who are doing with ready will-
ingness
.
what their hands find to do, with cheerfulnes of
spirit aiding their husbands to bear their burdens, and train-
ing their children for God, are missionaries in the highest
sense. They are engaged in an important branch of the great
work to be done on earth to prepare mortals for a higher life;
and they will receive their reward."—Idem,
Vol.
2,
pages 465,
466.
"Though the results of her work are not apparent, angels
of God are watching the care-worn mother, noting the burdens
she carries from day to day. Her name may never appear
upon the records of history, or receive the honor and applause
of the world, as may that of the husband and father; but it
is immortalized in the book of God. She is doing what she
can, and her position in God's sight is more exalted than that
of a king upon his throne; for she is dealing with characters,
she is fashioning minds."—Christian
Temperance, page 69.
4.
"There are men in this church who feel that they should
teach the truth to others, while they are fretful, impatient,
and fault-finding in their own families. Such need that one
teach them, until they become patient, God-fearing men at
home. They need to learn the first principles of true religion.
They should seek God with earnestness of soul; for they have
been a scourge to their families, and as a desolating hail
to depress and destroy their brethren. These men do not
deserve the name of husband, 'house-band;' for they do not
bind the family together with the Christian love, sympathy,
and true dignity of a godly life and Christlike character."—
Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 4, page 612.
5.
"Marriage, a union for life, is a symbol of the union
between Christ and His church. The spirit that Christ
mani-
fests
toward the church is the spirit that husband and wife
are to manifest toward each other. Neither husband nor wife
is to make a plea for rulership. The Lord has laid down the
principle that is to guide in the matter. The husband is to
cherish his wife as Christ cherishes the church. And the
wife is to respect and love her husband. Both are to cultivate
the spirit of kindness, being determined never to grieve or
injure the other.
"My brother and sister, both of you have strong will-power.
We expend sixty per cent of our efforts upon four per cent of
our field.